Awesome Japanese Neutrino Observatory
July 10th, 2007
Wow! It’s the Super-K neutrino observatory in Japan. Resting 1000m below the surface in a disused mine, this colossal room will filled with 50,000 tonnes of pure heavy water. Once renovations are complete, the observatory’s 11,200 photomultiplier tubes will detect subatomic particles thrown out by supernovas billions of miles away, as well as study neutrino activity in our atmosphere. I’m pretty sure that’s a scientist in the bottom left of the picture. Awesome!
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3 Comments Add your own
1. Matt | July 10th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
Is that the one that caught some of the neutrinos from SN-1987A?
2. coracle | July 10th, 2007 at 5:22 pm
Looks rather like Professor Xavier should be wheeled in at some point.
3. Frank the SciencePunk | July 10th, 2007 at 6:00 pm
That or Gordon Freeman…
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